Re: All languages are equally fit

Ruud Harmsen wrote:
Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:25:19 +0000: António Marques<m.ap@xxxxxxx>: in
sci.lang:

That's right. Wikipedia articles are written (not translated) and
improved upon by independent authors.

Except for 73% of the 'portuguese' wikipedia which is done by mindless
robots (whether built from parts or not it's difficult to tell).

Like the ones that add language links already present in corresponding
articles in different languages, and the robots that, from some
existing database, created entries for all the concelhos and their
freguesias in Portugal?

Not at all. I was thinking of the ones that commit babelfish translations of the english articles, often not even getting the name of the subject right (plants and animals are some of the worst treated). They're legion.
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